fap

[ fap ]

verb (used without object)

1. (of a male) to masturbate.

noun

1. the act of masturbation by a male.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fap¹

1999; imitative of the sound of a male masturbating, coined by an artist whose pen name is Clay on his webcomic The Thin H Line, H referring to hentai (pornographic Japanese anime); hentai ( def )

Example Sentences

Sixteen-year-old Ulrich Chomche, a 6-foot-11 Cameroonian, averaged 1.7 blocks per game for FAP — Cameroon’s entry — including three in a semifinal loss to Angolan team Petro de Luanda.

From Seattle Times

In Epstein’s design, the mRNA contains the blueprint for T cells to target FAP.

From Science Magazine

Just like T cells engineered outside the body in traditional CAR-T therapy, they use the mRNA instructions to become primed to target and kill the fibroblast cells displaying FAP.

From Science Magazine

I’ve even tried to find some help from a therapist, but he sent me down a rabbit hole of Proud Boy-adjacent “no fap” YouTube videos, and I got completely grossed out.

From Slate

This is one area where the gender binary causes trouble—your similarities with the “no fap” crowd are overpowered by the very real difference in the ways your genders are socialized.

From Slate